The book explains sound insulation in buildings at a level suitable for both graduate students and expert consultants. Theoretical models are set out for sound transmission in buildings, with an emphasis on thick and heavy constructions. Thus...Daugiau...

Water resources in tourist islands have been severely threatened, especially in the Galapagos Islands, where the increased local population has generated attractive income from the tourist services. In addition, the data regarding water supply...Daugiau...

This book asks a series of pressing questions of teacher educators, teachers and teacher unions worldwide in this era of global capitalism. As governments around the world support austerity politics in the face of financial melt-downs, social ineq...Daugiau...

This book addresses a perennial challenge for product planners and designers alike: how to objectively specify and quantify the aesthetics of products. It provides automotive product planners with a framework for the grammar of aesthetics...Daugiau...

This book explores the way in which heritage is used to address social and economic change caused by deindustrialization and the ways in which regional identity has been renegotiated through heritage. It explores the local contexts and broader the...Daugiau...

Contestations over knowledge - and who controls its production - are a key focus of social movements and other actors that promote food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. This book critically examines the kinds of knowledge and...Daugiau...

A passionate, carefully researched portrait of one of Americas first woman muckrakers, who was convicted in a bizarre 1829 trial as a common scold, describes the tenacity that earned her the first presidential interview ever granted to a woman and...Daugiau...

A portrait of journalist, humanitarian and self-taught detective Gladys Kalibbala describes her high-risk efforts to connect missing and castaway children in Uganda to their families, tracing the influence of her Lost and Abandoned newspaper column...Daugiau...

This book is about the building of alliances and about joint activities between two groups of social movement actors ascribed increasing relevance for the functioning and the eventual amendment of democratic capitalism. The chapters provide a well-ba...Daugiau...

A groundbreaking and revelatory history of our major psychotropic drugs, from a thoroughly exhilarating and entertaining writer (Washington Post). Although one in five Americans now takes at least one psychotropic drug, the f...Daugiau...

A groundbreaking and revelatory history of our major psychotropic drugs, from a thoroughly exhilarating and entertaining writer (Washington Post). Although one in five Americans now takes at least one psychotropic drug, the f...Daugiau...

A groundbreaking and revelatory history of our major psychotropic drugs, from a thoroughly exhilarating and entertaining writer (Washington Post). Although one in five Americans now takes at least one psychotropic drug, the f...Daugiau...

Will Africa be the worlds next hub of manufacturing? China is answering in the affirmative and investing accordingly. This book dispels the notion that this crucial story is merely about Chinas exploitation of Africas resources, illuminating...Daugiau...

How One Entrepreneur Took On Big Cocoa and Won. Sort Of.What country makes the best chocolate? Most people would answer Switzerland, or, if theyre discerning, Belgium or France. But, how many cocoa trees grow in Zurich? Ly...Daugiau...

The New York Times Link by Link columnist chronicles the rise of Silicon Valley as a political and intellectual force, arguing that the worlds leading technology developers have embraced economic disruption and libertarian ideologies, rend...Daugiau...

When the Bush Administration invaded Iraq in 2003, it was promised that Iraqi Kurdistan would be developed into one of the most productive oil and natural gas regions in the world, and the profits would be used to win the war and rebuild the country....Daugiau...